Kind Polly

Collected and transcribed by Mary Celestia Parler
Sung by Mrs. Pearl Brewer Pocahontas, Arkansas August 28, 1958
Reel 295, Item 9
Kind Polly
Farewell, pretty Polly,
For a long month or two,
Till I sail over the ocean To pay off my dues.
0 Jimmie, dear Jimmie,
I love you, you know I never can tell you How much I love you.
Though you'll go away and leave me On the island so green All on this creek island Where I am alone.
She gathered up some flowers To make her a bed;
The reddest of lilies Put under her head
She lie her poor self down Never to speak any more;
Till she cried out aloud, boys,
My poor heart is broke.
When Jimmie come back home,
Found his Polly was dead,
A founting of tears All around her he shed
0 Polly, pretty Polly,
I'll bear you in mind,
No more shall I prove false To you I'll prove kind.
0 Jimmy, dear Jimmy,
Don't bear her in mind,
There is plenty more young ladies And them you can find.
(Cont'd)Kind Polly Reel 295, Item Continued
There is plenty more young ladies,
Though none of them for me;
Since flowers has parted Kind Polly and me.

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Collected and transcribed by Mary Celestia Parler
Sung by Mrs. Pearl Brewer Pocahontas, Arkansas August 28, 1958
Reel 295, Item 9
Kind Polly
Farewell, pretty Polly,
For a long month or two,
Till I sail over the ocean To pay off my dues.
0 Jimmie, dear Jimmie,
I love you, you know I never can tell you How much I love you.
Though you'll go away and leave me On the island so green All on this creek island Where I am alone.
She gathered up some flowers To make her a bed;
The reddest of lilies Put under her head
She lie her poor self down Never to speak any more;
Till she cried out aloud, boys,
My poor heart is broke.
When Jimmie come back home,
Found his Polly was dead,
A founting of tears All around her he shed
0 Polly, pretty Polly,
I'll bear you in mind,
No more shall I prove false To you I'll prove kind.
0 Jimmy, dear Jimmy,
Don't bear her in mind,
There is plenty more young ladies And them you can find.
(Cont'd)Kind Polly Reel 295, Item Continued
There is plenty more young ladies,
Though none of them for me;
Since flowers has parted Kind Polly and me.